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QUOTE OF NOTE: "Investing more to educate our youth will be key to restoring our competitiveness in the international economy and providing a fair society where all our young people have equal opportunity to compete and prosper...
Though he lacks experience in public office, Green, a Baptist minister, demonstrated his political sensibilities this June, inaugurating his campaign with a suit against the State of Florida over its ballot-qualifying fees--at $10,020, the highest in the nation. Green, 39, has also emphasized his youth, in comparison with 66-year-old incumbent Bill Young, in an attempt to woo the district's new population of young professionals. He sees himself as an F.D.R. Democrat, unapologetic in his support of government programs...
Despite his youth, Clark, 25, is a confident liberal with plenty of ideas to help the working class make a living wage and get quality benefits. He also says he will protect the district's small farmers, charging incumbent Steve Buyer with being a one-issue military congressman in lockstep with Newt Gingrich. Clark may be a long shot in this G.O.P. district--but he can run seven more times before...
Winning re-election may not be a cakewalk for former Raleigh police chief Heineman, but he is reviving his anti-crime talk--not all of it tough--for the battle with Price. Heineman believes in adding prisons rather than cops, but says education can prevent youth from turning to crime. He wants mandatory education through age 18 and vocational training for those who eschew college...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "We are tired of our kids being afraid to walk to school alone...of illegal drugs that are poisoning our youth...of slick criminal-defense lawyers pushing criminals to freedom through legal loopholes...of seeing our prisoners treated better than the working men and women of this country...